London cans

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Originally uploaded by toolboxdc

This week, while in London, i had the privilege of checking out Banksy's "The Cans Festival" underpass "exhibition" on Leake Street near Waterloo station in South London. Amazing. This one of a kid with a weapons mobile is my fave, but check out the rest of my photos by clicking here to link to my flickr page.

Some interesting blogs regarding design "appropriation"...

Check it out....
Im NOT taking sides at all, but here's some interesting design critique....

Fuct design vs Obey design:
http://www.brghtnghts.com/blog/?page_id=46

story: "Shepard Fairey Threatens To Sue Artist for OBEY Giant Parody":
http://animalnewyork.com/news/2008/04/shepard-fairey-threatens-to-su.php

story: "Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey":
http://www.art-for-a-change.com/blog/2007/11/obey-plagiarist-shepard-fairey.html

story: "The Art of Appropriation" (thanks to Robert Wagner for the link)
http://www.supertouchart.com/2009/02/02/editorial-the-medium-is-the-message-shepard-fairey-and-the-art-of-appropriation/

story: Shepard is right, and the photog is cool:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/57787/the-colbert-report-obama-poster-debate---david-ross-and-ed-colbert

story: "AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image"
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9652OD01&show_article=1&catnum=8

story: "Obey Saks Fifth Avenue?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/fashion/08ROW.html?_r=2

Flight of The Conchords in DC

nuff said....

[photo from DC Lisner Auditorium show by Brian Liu]